Up the Junction + Diary of a Young Man Ep1. Survival or They Came to a City
A warm but controversial drama about the realities facing young people in Clapham Junction.
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Up the Junction
A warm, human but controversial drama about the grim realities facing young people living near Clapham Junction station in South West London, and one of the few plays from the period written by a woman, Nell Dunn.
| Director | Ken Loach |
| Cast | Geraldine Sherman, Carol White, Michael Standing |
| Country | UK |
| Year | 1965 |
| Running time | 75min |
Diary of a Young Man Ep1. Survival or They Came to a City
A Brechtian fable of two lads who arrive to seek their fortune in London. Stylistically advanced, using a mix of stills, dream sequences and freeze frames, the script by Troy Kennedy Martin and John McGrath exploits humour to get it's message across proving 'radical' can also be funny.
| Director | Ken Loach |
| Cast | Victor Henry, Richard Moore, Nerys Hughes |
| Country | UK |
| Year | 1964 |
| Running time | 42min |
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